Not so
The letter y is not Latin at all. It was introduced into the Latin
language
(along with z) to render Greek words.
Lyric is a Greek word, not Latin.
If, as you say, the upercase X of LyX is to echo the X of LaTeX, does
that
not strengthen my case?
The argument is not really whether LyX is Latin or Greek - the y make it
Greek.
The nub of the matter is whether the x is a Xi or a Chi. The uppercase X
is
the clincher that indicates Chi.
Incidentally, the x on the end of Unix, is I believe, an echo of the x
on the
end of Asterix, Obelix etc. When Unix was invented (say 1970), those
brilliant
works of Goscinny and Uderzo were wildly popular. It is remarkable to
think
that Gallic heroes like Vercingetorix still have an impact on us 2000
years
later.
John O'Gorman
> To back up my argument, I recall the original name that was Lyrix which even
> more resembles the unix/linux family of words (where unix was originally
> written unics)
>
> Guenter
>
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